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Monday, July 25, 2016

Conservative Reviewer Milo Permanently Banned From Twitter Over Online Fight With Actress Leslie Jones But Was He At Fault Regarding Ghostbusters Film Insults

Milo Yiannopoulos

Openly gay, 32-year-old conservative
reviewer Milo Yiannopoulos of Breitbart.com, has been
permanently banned from the social networking site Twitter,
over stirring up racial hatred against actress, Leslie
Jones, aged 48. Milo negatively reviewed the reboot of the
film "Ghostbusters." Then he took to Twitter slamming tweets
he stated belonged to "Ghostbusters" actress Jones, which
she denied.

Ghostbusters reboot cast

Someone posted comments in her name using
the word "f*g" in reference to Milo, who had made a series
of scathing tweets, with one in particular mentioning race,
"You know you can stop playing that terrible, hammy 80s
black caricature now, right? Filming's over!" Milo did not
have to refer to Jones by her race in this manner. It was
offensive.

Milo's offensive tweet mentioning Leslie's race in a
negative manner

Milo could have stated he is tired of Leslie
using the same nuisances for all her roles (there are actors
and actresses of all colors who do that, which indicates
they need to expand their range as performers). I don't
think Leslie is a bad actress. On screen she's sarcastic and
specializes in irony and dry humor. Some may not check for
that brand of humor, but some do.

Leslie's tweets complaining about fake posts done in
her name

Leslie stated the tweet above posted in her name is
fake

Milo could have stated he did not think she
is a great actress or not in that realm, but when he brought
race into it, things took on a racial tone. He brought race
into the matter and riled up people who began tweeting
horrendously racist items at Jones, which caused her to
leave the site in distress. This abuse is a violation of
Twitter's terms of service and grounds for Milo being
banned. Additionally, Milo has engaged in similar conduct
before, which led to Twitter issuing him a warning that he
clearly ignored.

Twitter sends Milo message banning him

I'm a black person and from the clips I've
seen, I do think the new "Ghostbusters" film looks like a
very poor imitation of the original. When I read about the
remake over a year ago, I knew it would be bad and told my
mother that based on the concept for the reboot and the
selected cast, the film would not turn out well. I've read
reviews of the film and black and white people have openly
panned it. The film has not done very well. So, I'm not
surprised. Hollywood, desperate for cash and out of ideas
due to the untalented people now running the industry like a
cult, has been rebooting many movies and destroying film
classics in the process.

Leslie Jones

At the end of the day, look at people for
their work, not their race. I've watched thousands of movies
since I was a kid and seen inspiring performances by people
of all races. A good movie is a good movie.